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| Define feudalism | a loosely organized system of government in which local lords governed their own lands but owed military service to a greater lord |
| Define code of chivalry | a set of rules that required knights bo be brave, loyal to their lord and fight fairly |
| Define the Three Field System | a system that helped grow more crops in less time, plant one field with grain, next w/vegetables then 3rd-leave fallow (empty) |
| What was the role of women in the church? | they felt that women were equal before god, but on earth, women were inferior to men |
| Who was the head of the church? | The pope |
| How was the church the center of learning? | Monks and nuns preserved the writings of the ancient world. They copied the ancient books |
| Define the Crusades | religious wars where the Christians tried to take over holy land in the mideast |
| How did the Crusades impact trade? | increased it because merchants build large fleets of ships to trade with Muslims |
| Name the islands of Japan | Hokkaido, Honsu, Kyushu, Shikoku |
| Define Ring of Fire | Pacific region where earthquakes, volcanoes and sunamies occur |
| How much of Japan is too mountainous to farm? | 4/5 |
